Another multidisciplinary look at ischemic mitral regurgitation

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-231

  Timek, Tomasz A ^a,b   Miller, D Craig ^c  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; APICAL LEAFLET TETHERING; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CERCLAGE; CHORDA TENDINEA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIP; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL MITRAL REGURGITATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION; LONG TERM CARE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL LEAFLET MALCOAPTATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PAPILLARY MUSCLE IMBRICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 83455213843     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: 15329488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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